Word: pact
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that he had sponsored in 1972. It requests that future arms agreements set equal levels for the strategic forces of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Because SALT II allows the Soviets to have more powerful missiles than the U.S., argued Jackson, there would be no equality under the pact. Said he to Brown: "A team of giants and a team of dwarfs might have equal numbers of players, but they are hardly equal." To which the Secretary retorted: "If the dwarfs are just as strong and agile and able as the giants, that's not an unequal equation...
...this. Said he: "The global balance of power is viewed in Europe as shifting against us, and we can no longer ignore it." During a break in the hearing, Haig disclosed that "as of today, I could not go along with SALT II." While expressing firm doubts about the pact, he indicated that he might accept it if its ratification would mark "the turnaround of a perceived period of drift in U.S. leadership" and a commitment for a larger strategic arms budget...
Because Nunn is a respected defense expert whose opinion is certain to influence several undecided Senators, the White House has regarded his backing as essential for the pact's approval. Administration aides indicated privately that they were prepared to negotiate with the Georgian, though accepting his terms risks angering some doves...
Will the U.S. be able to catch the Soviets if they cheat under the SALT II treaty? The answer may determine the fate of the arms limitation accord in the Senate. As the Foreign Relations Committee ended its second week of hearings on the pact, Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden said last week: "Verification is going to be the cutting issue of the committee's vote on the treaty and ultimately on the Senate floor...
Despite the loss of the Iranian sites, the Administration insists that the U.S. can adequately verify the arms pact. At last week's hearings, Defense Secretary Harold Brown emphasized that U.S. spy satellites and other means of gathering intelligence keep close tabs on the development, testing and deployment of all Soviet strategic arms. He even claimed that every new Soviet ICBM is detected while still on the Kremlin's drawing boards, presumably a rare public allusion to U.S. cloak-and-dagger activities inside the U.S.S.R. Pointing out that development of a new missile system takes about a decade...